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Pastor Pete’s war on poofs

Sunday 28 October 2007, 2:28 pm

Bridgit Gread

Categories: Australia Decides '07, Education, Freaks, Religion

Tags: creationism, homophobia, IntelligentDesign, JuliaGillard, nutjobs, PeterCurtis

Meet the Liberal candidate for my own electorate, Pastor Peter Curtis:

Pastor Peter

If Pastor Peter’s jolly photoshoot persona isn’t enough to scare you, check out his views on homosexuality:

“As a Christian, I do not agree with the idea of homosexuality. That’s the reality. I can’t put it any other way,” Mr Curtis told The Sunday Age yesterday. “I certainly could never change my views that homosexuality is a perversion, because it is a perversion.”

Mr Curtis said his view that gay men were many more times likely to die from disease than heterosexuals was supported by several passages of scripture, and that he was simply stating the truth. “Homosexuality certainly does open up the door to things that are not helpful,” he said.

He’s also up to date with trends in education and science, and if elected may move to supplant Julie Bishop on the front bench:

He said that, if elected, he would be urging the Liberal Party to introduce intelligent design to state school science classes. Intelligent design is an assertion that certain features of the universe and living things are best explained by an intelligent cause, and not by natural selection.

“I would be very much in favour of intelligent design being taught in public schools,” Mr Curtis said. “Just as the theory of evolution is taught as well — in my view regrettably taught in science classes, because I think it’s a theory and not a science.”

Pastor Pete is running against Julia Gillard in Lalor. The Herald Sun told us earlier this month that Gillard is a baby-eating Maoist who wants to nationalise oxygen and force us all into gulags where the elderly will be pitchforked to death with rolled-up copies of Das Kapital. It neglected to mention that her direct opposition for the seat of Lalor is a bigoted homophobic creationist nutjob with a stark resemblence to the clown on the cover of Stephen King’s It. Purely an oversight, I’m sure.

35 Comments

AV (Sunday 28 October 2007, 3:13 pm) #

Sigh. You can’t make this shit up.

This guy’s talents are wasted in Australia. He ought to be the US running for President.
The Editor (Sunday 28 October 2007, 3:18 pm) #

supported by several passages of scripture

Man! If only I could’ve relied on such a watertight method of referencing when I was at uni.
Mikey (Sunday 28 October 2007, 3:39 pm) #

What a nice man. I wonder if he’s gay?
Mikey (Sunday 28 October 2007, 3:40 pm) #

“I would be very much in favour of intelligent design being taught in public schools,” Mr Curtis said. “Just as the theory of evolution is taught as well — in my view regrettably taught in science classes, because I think it’s a theory and not a science.”

Is he series? Has he not heard of scientific theory? ID is theology not science. Evolution is science - the best fit hypothesis to explain origin of life.

Oh dear.
The Editor (Sunday 28 October 2007, 3:41 pm) #

You get my email, Mikey?
Jeremy (Sunday 28 October 2007, 3:51 pm) #

I love the quote in the Age about how he doesn’t like homosexuality, but he’s happy to accept votes from homosexuals. I’ll represent them in parliament! (By “represent” I mean, “take their votes and then oppose their interests whenever I can”.)

“Represent”. LOL. (Will post on this later.)
brokenleftleg (Sunday 28 October 2007, 4:25 pm) #

His candidacy can be summed up in six words. Scraping the bottom of the barrel.
Mikey (Sunday 28 October 2007, 4:30 pm) #

Is he series was meant to be serious

Oh yeah - checked email
Mikey (Sunday 28 October 2007, 4:31 pm) #

Hey has anyone noticed how much he looks like Nathan Lane…

http://images.eonline.com/eol_images/Profiles/20061003/244.lane.nathan.100206.jpg

Which is ironic since Mr Lane is proudly gay
Tim Sterne (Sunday 28 October 2007, 4:49 pm) #

My first thought was that he looked like that lovely homosexual Stephen Fry.
Magic Bellybutton (Sunday 28 October 2007, 4:54 pm) #

Nathan Lane and Stephen Fry lovechild.

supported by several passages of scripture
And scientific to boot! Grrrrrrr. I like me a man of intellect.
phil (Sunday 28 October 2007, 7:15 pm) #

Pastor Pete also believes that heretics that do not believe what he believes should be burnt at the stake, after a suitable period of not-quite-torture.

No really, you can’t make this stuff up!
Mikey (Sunday 28 October 2007, 7:49 pm) #

I did a quick search on the good Pastor. Found this.

THE decision by Kevin Rudd to promote Maxine McKew as the potential Labor candidate in the Prime Minister’s seat of Bennelong provides an astonishing contrast in candidates not only in the area of policy, but in personal values and standards of behaviour (”Taking it to the Max”, The Weekend Australian Magazine, 31/3-1/4).

Mckew was more than happy to begin an adulterous affair with a married man from one side of politics while claiming to be an impartial journalist at the ABC. She was also able to go straight from anchoring an ABC political program into Kevin Rudd’s inner circle, raising clear questions about the objectivity of ABC journalists.

John Howard, however, has been consistent in his values and beliefs throughout his entire political career and especially during his term as prime minister. He has incidentally strengthened the Marriage Act and by all accounts is the much loved father of a close-knit family. What an astonishing contrast.
Pastor Peter Curtis
Werribee South, Vic

From http://blogs.theaustralian.news.com.au/letters/index.php/theaustralian/comments/an_astonishing_contrast/

Gee he so moral…
brokenleftleg (Sunday 28 October 2007, 8:47 pm) #

i think Curtis, Nile, and Nalliah are neck, neck, and neck in terms of the worst Australian to give Christianity a bad name.
Computer Socks (Sunday 28 October 2007, 9:15 pm) #

Didn’t he play Oscar Wilde in the movie of the same name:

http://www.monstersandcritics.de/downloads/downloads/articles/14077/article_images/image3_1183509799.jpg
Hairball (Monday 29 October 2007, 2:03 am) #

I was thinking Jonathan Coleman myself…
http://www.jonathancolemanexperience.com/images/017.jpg
God as a scientific creation theory ha ha
Its a belief system built on stories that were exaggerated for a few hundred years before being written down. Simple.
gezzam (Monday 29 October 2007, 7:00 am) #

“Is he series? Has he not heard of scientific theory? ID is theology not science. Evolution is science - the best fit hypothesis to explain origin of life.”

Evolution does not explain the origin of life; it describes minute change in species over time. This is a common error often cited by Fundies regarding evolution. We are not exactly sure what processes kicked off the earliest simple life forms on prehistoric earth; scientists are however pretty sure that evolution as put forward in Darwin’s Origin of Species is fact.
Mikey (Monday 29 October 2007, 8:53 am) #

Whoops! Good point G. I know science is not 100% certain but you can get it to a point where it’s nearly 100% certain.

ID … nowhere near it.
skeptic (Monday 29 October 2007, 1:20 pm) #

with a stark resemblence to the clown on the cover of Stephen King’s It

Thanks for making me splurt my coffee! Too funny.
SOS - Save Our Senate (and Fielding’s predicted response) « The Thinkers’ Podium (Monday 29 October 2007, 10:19 pm) #

[…] Government should be attractive. They have the likes of Alex Hawke (thanks to AV for the link) and Peter Curtis who also like to mix religion and politics and discriminate against gay couples. Let Family First […]
Krypto (Monday 29 October 2007, 10:23 pm) #

yeah yeah I know, Godwin’s law, but honestly, strap a “charlie Chaplain” on this guy and…
Bruce (Monday 29 October 2007, 10:43 pm) #

but honestly, strap a “charlie Chaplain” on this guy and…

Oh I so have to do that…
Bridgit Gread (Monday 29 October 2007, 11:11 pm) #

I think Hitler had just the one chin.
Bruce (Monday 29 October 2007, 11:18 pm) #

There you go. I believe a caption contest may be in order…
Krypto (Monday 29 October 2007, 11:31 pm) #

I say we open a profile for him on http://www.gaymatchmaker.com.au apparently they have a category for those in deep deep denial.
Oh and Gread, I’m pretty sure Hitler developed a double chin after he moved to Gracelands and lived exclusively on hamburgers and drugs for a couple of years.
Krypto (Monday 29 October 2007, 11:33 pm) #

oh and…is he wearing lip gloss?
Bridgit Gread (Monday 29 October 2007, 11:34 pm) #

Well that explains this.
Krypto (Monday 29 October 2007, 11:42 pm) #

hey that link is a dud Bridg.
Krypto (Wednesday 31 October 2007, 4:03 am) #

why is he sitting like that, does he have ‘roids?
Or maybe…well I aint going to draw you a map.
Krypto (Wednesday 31 October 2007, 4:11 am) #

Bruce that is absolute gold, the Nuremburg rally backdrop was a particularly nice touch I felt.
If I had to pick a caption, it would be “I know nuzing, I know NUZING”
Krypto (Wednesday 31 October 2007, 4:23 pm) #

Hmmm, pastor pete? pastor rifle I say.
Bruce (Wednesday 31 October 2007, 6:19 pm) #

You are right of course. He doesn’t look like Hitler, he looks like a young Schultz. Although I suspect that Schultz was a far more tolerant man.
the artist formerly known as jimmyjamesinc (Wednesday 31 October 2007, 10:20 pm) #

Wow Eddie McGuire called - he want’s his chin back!
Krypto (Thursday 1 November 2007, 3:36 pm) #

good old Schultz, yes Hogan’s shenanigans would have come to nought if it weren’t for his bumbling ineptitude, of course he would be far too tolerant to get preselection for the liberal party, I bet the ACCC would be more than happy to have him though.
Krypto (Thursday 1 November 2007, 3:40 pm) #

you know Eddie McGuire had elecution lessons to try to pronounce the word millionaire correctly?
He still says “miwyonaire”, I mean you can dress him up in an Armani suit, the man is still a member of the double digit IQ club.